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<div>The first book-length study of contemporary British Jewry , <em>Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today</em> examines the changing nature of the British Jewish community and its leadership since 1990. <br/><br/>Keith Kahn-Harris and Ben Gidley contend that there has been a shift within Jewish communal discourse from a strategy of security, which emphasized Anglo-Jewry's secure British belonging and citizenship, to a <em>strategy of insecurity</em>, which emphasizes the dangers and threats Jews face individually and communally. This shift is part of a process of renewal in the community that has led to something of a ‘Jewish renaissance' in Britain. <br/><br/>Addressing key questions on the transitions in the history of Anglo-Jewish community and leadership, and tackling the concept of the ‘new antisemitism', this important and timely study addresses the question: how has UK Jewry adapted from a shift from monoculturalism to multiculturalism? </div>>
Synopsis
Compelling discussion of transformations within British Jewry in recent times.
Synopsis
The first book-length study of contemporary British Jewry, Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today examines the changing nature of the British Jewish community and its leadership since 1990.
Keith Kahn-Harris and Ben Gidley contend that there has been a shift within Jewish communal discourse from a strategy of security, which emphasized Anglo-Jewry's secure British belonging and citizenship, to a strategy of insecurity, which emphasizes the dangers and threats Jews face individually and communally. This shift is part of a process of renewal in the community that has led to something of a 'Jewish renaissance' in Britain.
Addressing key questions on the transitions in the history of Anglo-Jewish community and leadership, and tackling the concept of the 'new antisemitism', this important and timely study addresses the question: how has UK Jewry adapted from a shift from monoculturalism to multiculturalism?
Synopsis
<div>The first book-length study of contemporary British Jewry , <em>Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today</em> examines the changing nature of the British Jewish community and its leadership since 1990. <br/><br/>Keith Kahn-Harris and Ben Gidley contend that there has been a shift within Jewish communal discourse from a strategy of security, which emphasized Anglo-Jewry's secure British belonging and citizenship, to a <em>strategy of insecurity</em>, which emphasizes the dangers and threats Jews face individually and communally. This shift is part of a process of renewal in the community that has led to something of a ‘Jewish renaissance' in Britain. <br/><br/>Addressing key questions on the transitions in the history of Anglo-Jewish community and leadership, and tackling the concept of the ‘new antisemitism', this important and timely study addresses the question: how has UK Jewry adapted from a shift from monoculturalism to multiculturalism? </div>>
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Jewish Community, Jewish Leadership 2. Insecurity and the Problem of Jewish Continuity 3. Conceptualizing Jewish Continuity 4. Practising Jewish Continuity 5. Re-imagining Anti-Semitism 6. Combating the New Anti-Semitism Conclusion: Towards a Dialogic Jewish Community Bibliography Index